UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOLUME XV
NUMBER 140.
Fifty-eight Members Women's Glee Club To Sing at Funston
Mrs. Downing, Wife of Club Director, to Chaperon Party
To Sing Twice—May 3-4
Here
Performance to Be Nearly Same
As Annual Concert Given
Final arrangements are being made for the trip to Funston, by fifty-eight members of the Women's Glee Club, who will give two concerts at Camp Funston; Friday night and Saturday afternoon.
The program for the camp concerts is practically the same as the one given at the annual concert here, and will contain one or two popular numb) a means of enforcing the cap tradition is in violation of the University Senate ruling last year, Professor Patterson said, which reads "that all hazing, including paddling, and all other methods of enforcing student regulations by physical violence is forbidden."
Mrs. W., B. Downing, wife of Professor Downing, director of the club, will chaperon. The concerts will be over Saturday afternoon so that any members who wish to may come back to Lawrence on the night train.
Following is a complete list of the members who will sing at Funston: Marie Buchanan, Helen Weed, Vioia Blackman, Dorothy Dorsey, Elaine Wharton, Dorothy Derge, Marguerite Adams, Flaire Salle, HeLEN Jenks, Minnie Moody, Olap Holmes, Florence Harkrader, Gertrude Ferg, Helen Peffer, Ethel Wylocfy, Jane Waters, Edna Dolecke, Blau Shores, Vivian Strange, Myrtle Chaffie, Olive Berry, Thelmale Hma, Irene Jordan, Helen Rutledge, Laura Jackson, Thelmale Hinds, Elma Hunsicker, Myra Summers, Joan Gorman, Edna Roberts, Lucienne Barber, Esther Galler, Gertrude Nevins, Laura Gould, Velma Wetherford, Florence Klapmeyer, Bartelle Unespher, Nellie Young, Myrtle Gidenhagen, Eileen Van Zandt, Hazel Ernest, Eva Hangen, Roba Robinson, Vista Talster, Helen Naismith, Marion Seely, Frances Kay, Margaret Hogson, Glenn Haze, Roberta Baer, Goldo Buzzell, Fayette Scott, Marie Pinnick.
Violinists To Help Singers
Helen Cook, accompanist, Prof. W. B. Downing, director, Mrs. W. B. Downing, chaperon, and Prof. W. B. Dalton, violincellist.
String Quartet Will Give Several Entertainments While On Trip
Big K. U. Salvage Drive
To Be Held Saturday
The quartette, assisted by Gladys Nelson, soloist, has several independent engagements, and will remain over Sunday, giving concerts at the Y. M. C. A., at Fort Riley, and in the hospitals on Saturday night and Sunday.
Vesta Talbert, Laura Jackmann,
Marie Nuzz, and Ednah Hopkins,
have formed a violin quartette which
will accompany the Women's Glee
Club and assist in their concerts on
Friday and Saturday.
Copper Wire, Rubber and Tin foil Are Most Needed Articles
Always before saving has meant saving money. Now, money is a factor but material is also important, according to the K. U. salvage committee. This movement in the University is handling the material end of war save here. A drive is being made for all salvage on Saturday morning from 10 until 12 o'clock and cars will cover regular beats. "Have your salvage out on the front porch," said the committee.
Copper wire is the most valuable material that can be contributed. Next to that, rubber—especially rubber boots delights the committee. A call has been made for aluminum tops, which are now considered valuable, and old tops of fruit jars bring money from junk dealers.
The official salvage list of wants is: Copper wire, rubber, tin-foll, collapsible tubes, old gold and silver, and broken bits of jewelry, silver-plated water pitches, zinc pin, clean dry cell battery zinc, battery lead from storage batteries, cold cream jars, bottles, electric light bulbs.
Liberty Bond Flag Awarded University
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 1, 1918.
The University is to have a Liberty Loan, honor flag all its own.
Loan honor flag all its own.
It was not expected that the University as well as the city would get one but J. D. Bowersock, chairman of Douglas County in the drive, notified Prof. U. G. Mitchell this morning since K. U. had been the first to exceed its quota, he had asked for an honor flag for it and his request had been granted.
The flag will be delivered today and probably will be seen floating from the top of Fraser Hall soon.
The War Here and Over There
A pause has come in the fighting in Flanders. The German attack has been a failure and the British and French lines are holding their positions. The Allied War Council believe that the enemy will change its tactics and either confine all efforts to the present battle front or extend the actual fighting line on one end or the other to find a weak spot.
Today is national Thrift Stamp day and everyone is asked to accept Thrift stamps for change on all purchases made at stores, shops, newsstands, or any place where things are old. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's office in Kansas City purchased 8,000 stamps to be sold by its agents.
In the great western offensive Germany is using forces of marvelous magnitude and driving power with a terrific loss of life. It is said that the Socialist and Militarist leaders conferred before the drife began, and the Radicals decided to make no objection to the offensive so long as the casualties did not exceed 1,500,000.
Car ferryes have been put into service between England and France so that British troops may be transported across the channel without leaving their trains. Considerable time will be saved by the ferries and much congestion at the ports will be prevented.
The entire cost of the American Civil War is being duplicated every 85 days in the present war and the cost of the Franco-Prussian war is equalled every five weeks.
It has been estimated by the department of Agriculture that the wheat crop planted last winter will give the United States approximately 142,000,000 more bushels than the 1916-17 winter acreage.
Almost one half million bushels of wheat are shipped each day to France by the Food Administration and the big army that America is putting in the field will greatly increase this amount.
Uncle Sam has insured well above 90 per cent of those in military and naval service of the country. This means that the largest insurance business in the world is now being conducted by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the Treasury Department at Washington.
Field of Engineering
Offers Work to Woman
The Western Electric Magazine devotes several pages this month to discussing openings in the engineering field for women. An electrical company at Ithaca recently trained several Vassar graduates, who had no specific technical training, for positions of switchboard engineering. The experiment has proved highly successful.
Members of the Vocational Committee of the Association of Collegegate Alumnae in Fraser Hall, Room 211, will be glad to discuss opportunities in this work with women who are interested.
Women have also shown themselves to be successful workers in the drafting rooms. This and architectural drawing will probably prove the most popular with women. A course in freehand drawing, followed by one in mechanical drawing, is the only specific training necessary. If the engineering courses also are taken, there are naturally more opportunities of advancement. The salaries in this work range from fifteen dollars a week to one hundred and twenty-five dollars a month.
Forcing Frosh to Wear Night Shirts on Campus Must Stop—Patterson
Further Enforcements Of Cap Tradition Will Result in Suspension
Loyal Yearlings Wear Caps
Students Favor Cap Enforcement; Tradition All Right, Acting Dean Says
The latest method of law students in attempting to enforce first year students to uphold the Freshman Cap Tradition by dressing each offender in a nice shirt on the campus, will end in soession of the students implicated if repetition of the act accu according to Prof. D. Pattison, acting dean of the Coi-
Since April 1, when freshmen were asked to be wearing the diminutive headgear, many yearlings have appeared on the campus without wearing the cap and asserted they would not do so, because upperclass students had no way of enforcing the rule.
The law students today attempted to enforce the rule by dressing freshmen who did not wear their caps in nightclothes and then requesting them to walk to Spooner Library. Apparently they did not think that this method was in violation of the Senate ruling regarding physical violence.
"I think a warning to the students implicated in this matter will keep them from repeating the acts," said Acting-Dean Patterson, this morning. "A repetition will end in suspension of the guilty students. The method of enforcing the tradition is in direct violation of the Senate rule."
There is nothing wrong in the spirit of the freshman cap tradition, which has been a staple of the university.
Paddling was favored overwhelmingly last year in a vote conducted by the Daily Kansan to get the opinion of all students in the University. Then the University Senate passed the rule for paddling biddings, hazing, and all forms of physical violence to "enforce student regulation."
Competitive Drill to Be Big Feature of Y.M.C.A. Stag Thursday Evening
Wide Range of Entertainment Is Promised by Committee Chairman
The tickets are selling rapidly in every fraternity, club and rooming house in the city and it is expected that this party will be the largest one of the stag variety ever held in the University. Harold Hall, secretary of A. Employment Bureau, is in charge of the sale of tickets.
That the K. U. Stag given by the University Y. M. C. A. at Robinson gymnasium Thursday night of this week, will draw nearly every man in school is the promise given today by George S. Bailey, president of the association. More than 200 tickets have already been sold.
An excellent two-hit feed is promised by Fred Jenkins, chairman of the
The program will be varied and will include wrestling matches, boxing contests, musical numbers, and a universal "mixer." The athletics will be handled by Bus Jensen, a student of the School of Law, who has recently been put in charge of all of the University gymnasium classes.
The biggest drawing feature of the party will be a competitive drill in which every company of the University regiment will compete. A ten dollar feed at a Hill Cafe for the winning company will follow th close of the Stag party. Judges for the drilling will be under the supervision of Colonel E. M. Briggs. The companies are drilling in the gym each afternoon to become accustomed to the smaller space.
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The Owls elected officers for the coming year, at a meeting Tuesday night at the Phi Gam house.
Owls Elect Officers For the Ensuing Year
The members of the board who were elected were: Fred Leach, Floyo Hockenhull, Luther Hangen, Marvin Harms, and John Monteth. This board is the staff that puts out the Sour Owl, and plans are already being made to put out a Sour Owl up to the standards set in the past.
The following were elected:
William Brady, president; Jamen
Knowles, vice-president; Harold
Hoover, secretary-treasurer.
Schools Name Talkers To Voice Grievances Annual Student Day
Compulsory Military Drill and Method of Exemption May Be Criticized
To students of the University:
The annual student day convo-
cation will be held in Fraser
Chapel, Friday, May 3 at 4
o'clock. All physical training
and military drill classes will be
dismissed.
FRANK STRONG.
Chancellor
Student Day, the one day of the school year when students meet together to discuss and criticize affairs of the University, will be observed next Friday afternoon, May 3. The meeting will be in Fraser Chapel at 4 o'clock. Each school will be represented by an student speaker.
--where the 'Put-it-offs' abide." —Exchange
Four schools have chosen their speakers so far. Burney Miller will express the woes and suggestions of members of the College. The School of Engineering will be represented by Warren Neumann. The School of Medicine's representative is Carl Newman and L. R. Hamilton will speak for the School of Law. Herschel Washington, president of the Men's Student Council, will preside at the meeting. Washington asks that the other schools elect their sneakers immediately.
It has been customary for the speakers at Student Day meetings to point out the wrongs of students of the University. The faculty usually come in for many criticisms.
Compulsory physical exercise and the cases of students withdrawn from classes for non-attendance at exercise, will probably be the chief subjects raised this year.
Time Limit Is Put On Credit for Farm Worl
Proportional Grades Given All Who Leave for Home Before May 6
Students who wish to withdraw from the University for farm work and receive credit will have to make arrangements before May 6, according to Dean D. L. Patterson. After that time no credit will be given for farm work. Those who withdraw before then will be given only pronotional credit.
In order to withdrawn for farm work with credit, students must work on the farms of parents or relatives, and they must show letters from their parents stating they are seeded on the farm. Proportional credit will be given, that is, a student who leaves a five-hour course about the middle of the semester will be given about three hours of credit.
This year there is not such a need for farm labor. Students who return next year must present a statement from their parents that they were actually employed on farms.
Only six students have withdrawn for farm work so far this year. Last year many withdrew to work on farms because of the wheat crop failure in many parts of the state and because the government asked for the aid of all persons possible to help on the farms.
Phi Kappa Will Entertain
Phi Kappa W will Entertain
the Phi Kappa fraternity will entertain
it. The Phi Kappa will entertain its
chapter house, Thursday night at 8 o'clock. Dr. Derry will talk.
The young people of the Methodist Church will hike next Friday evening, leaving the church at 6 o'clock.
Leach Is Elected Cheerleader To Lead Thundering Thousand
Woman's Forum To Hold Last Meeting Thursday
The Woman's Forum will hold the final meeting of the year Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock in Room 210, Fraser Hall. Dean F. W. Blackmar will speak on "The Red Cross Home Savers Section."
Following this talk the officers for the coming year, who were elected at the last meeting, two weeks ago, will be installed. They are Frances Hitchcock, president; Mabel McNaughton, chairman of the program committee, and Miss Alice Winston, faculty adviser.
Plain Tales From The Hill
Did You Ever?
*"Did you ever hear of the town of
  'Yawn?"*
On the banks of the river 'Slow',
Where blooms the 'wait-a-while'
of a stream.
And the soft 'Go-casys' grow?
'It lies in the valley of 'What's-theuse.'
In the province of 'Let-it-slide.' That tired feeling is native there, It's the home of the listless, 'I don'
—Exchange
Because of the green grass and the songs of the birds and the usual gullibility of freshmen voters, most political hangers-on around the polls yesterday failed to reckon with ley winds that whistled at the corners of Snow Hall and other unprotected places. Several candidates who went home after their overcrows and many "frat" freshmen were drafted by their upperclass brothers.
As one remarked, "Gee, this spring weather is cold. I wish it would get warm like it was last Christmas."
Not This Wild
A certain professor was speaking of the rural simplicity of our sunflower state, especially along its western frontier. He even made the assertion that it would be difficult to find a real piece of furniture in that untailed domain.
"Say," came the indignant voice of a fair co-ed, "where do you think I live? Some dug-out?"
Work is never shunned if only recompense is certain. So think the Political Gangs.
Much labor and energy was spent Sunday night by the feminine wing of one political organization, in trying to get their opponent's posters off the University sidewalks and to have all trace of the Opposition gone before the unsuspecting students arrived.
"Press Sorority Elects Officers" was a headline in a recent paper. The story explained the press sorority to be Theta Sigma Phi. K. U. men will be glad to have definite information as to just which organization is the press sorority.
Two charitable students were discussing the University Students' adoption of French orphans.
Mary—What was the name of the orphan you-gave money to support?
Jane—I don't know. How could I 'nd out?
Mary- The name of mine was printed on the bottom of my bag. I vave
When Jane went home she looked
at the bottom of her tag to see the
name of the poor little French orphan
and read there—Cierre Francais."
Illness Keens Johnson Away
Illness Keeps Johnson Away
Walter Johnson, managing editor of the Topeka Capital, who was to have spoken to the classes in Journalism today was sick and unable to come. However, he will be here later, probably Friday, when he will give the lectures he had planned for today.
Gambol Plans Near Completion
Gambol Plans Near *Compulsion*
Plans for the Glee Club Gambol to be given in the gym Friday night are nearing completion. The music is arranged for, and the floor is to be especially waxed. Dancing will continue from 9 until 1. The Glee Club will sing during intermissions.
Only 133,737 immigrants came to the United States during 1917 compared with 1,387,218 in 1913.
Herschel Washington Chosen President of Student Council Without Opposition
Jimmy Lyne Defeats Hunt
Joe Mahan Was Elected President of the School of Engineering
Herschel Washington was elected president of the Men's Student Council without opposition in the election yesterday, receiving a total of 532 votes. More interest centered around the election of the cheer-leader than any other office. Fred Leach was elected cheer-leader winning over his opponent. Webb Wilson, with more than two hundred majority. In the race for president of the College Lyme League against Hemp Hunt by one hundred votes. Joe Mahan was elected president of the School of Engineering, receiving thirty more votes than his opponent, Rex Brown.
The vote by schools is as follows:
For president Men's Student Council
Herschel Washington:
Cosher Washington
College 286
Engineering 151
Law 41
Medics 45
Pharmacy 9
For vice-president Men's Student Council:
George Devoe:
College           285
Engineers        169
Law                35
Medics            42
Pharmics         11
Barrel Loanhigh:
College 277
Engineers 143
Law 40
Medics 46
Pharmies 8
For secretary and treasurer Men's Student Council;
'arrel_Lobaugh;
Leach Wilson
College 185 83
Engineers 114 16
Laws 31 29
Medics 22 34
Pharmies 17 1
For representatives to Men's Student Council: College representatives (seven elected)): Robert Abbade 112, Bruce Fleming 140, Arthur Lonborg 167, Ed Mason 136, Marmin Harms 142, Warren Woody (ineligible) 121, M. L. Peek 15, and William McKinney 14
Engineer representatives, (three elected) Royal Ryan 96, Homer Eagles 142, George Nettles 119, C. K. Matthews 87.
law representatives, (one elected): Bernard Jensen 25, Stanley Taylor 16, A. Armstrong 8.
Medic representatives, (one elected) Tracy Conklin 61.
Pharmic representatives, (one elected): H. A. Skaier 18.
For College Officers; President,
Jimmy Lyne 217, Homer Hunt 108;
vice-president, Louis Potucek 201;
secretary and treasurer, Lucile
Hovey 213.
For Engineering Officers: President, Joe Mahan 100; Rex Brown 70; vice-president, Paul Fox 100, N. Benscheidt 51; secretary and treasurer, J. J. Jakowsky 106, Wm. Brady 59.
New members of the Athletic Board were chosen in yesterday's election. The three athletic members elected are John Bunn, Ralph Rodkey ed Tom Pringle. The two non-athletic members are John Murphy and Herbert Hangen.
Inauguration of the new officers and members of the Men's Student Council will be held tonight at 7 o'clock in Fraser Hall, Room 110.
Prof. Dykstra's Roof Apparently Lowering
Prof. C. A. Dykstra apparently is having the roof of his barn-garage lowered. Two carpenters began work on the structure today. The barn-garage is in the rear of Professor Dykstra's home at Seventeenth and Louisiana streets.
El Ateneo will meet in Fraser Hall, Room 314, at 8 a'clock Thursday afternoon. Professor Oma will speak.